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1963 Masters Tournament

Field	Value
name	1963 Masters Tournament
image	1963_Masters_Tournament_Guide.jpg
caption	Front cover of the 1963 Masters Guide
dates	April 4–7, 1963
location	Augusta, Georgia
course	Augusta National Golf Club
org	Augusta National Golf Club
tour	PGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6850 yd
field	84 players, 50 after cut
cut	152 (+8)
purse	$112,500
winners_share	$20,000
champion	USA Jack Nicklaus
score	286 (−2)
previous	[1962](1962-masters-tournament)
next	[1964](1964-masters-tournament)
map	USA#USA Georgia
map_relief	yes
map_label	Augusta National
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Georgia
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The 1963 Masters Tournament was the 27th Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 84 players entered the tournament and 50 made the cut at eight-over-par (152).

Jack Nicklaus, 23, won the first of his record six Green Jackets with a three-foot (0.9 m) par putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Tony Lema. It was the second of his record 18 major titles; his third came three months later at the PGA Championship in July.

Gene Sarazen, the 1935 champion, made the cut at Augusta for the final time at age 61 and finished 49th.

It was the last Masters for Horton Smith, winner of the inaugural event in 1934 and again in 1936. He was the only competitor to have participated in every edition of the tournament, and had a lung removed in 1957. Battling Hodgkin's Disease, Smith was partly aided by a golf cart and shot 91 and 86; he died six months later in Detroit at age 55, shortly after attending the Ryder Cup matches in Atlanta.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-soqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2910%2C3162567

George Bayer won the Par 3 contest with a score of 23.

Field

;1. Masters champions Jack Burke Jr. (4), Jimmy Demaret (8), Doug Ford (4,9,10,11), Claude Harmon, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff (2), Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer (2,3,8,9,11), Henry Picard, Gary Player (3,4,9,10), Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith, Sam Snead (8), Art Wall Jr. (9,11), Craig Wood

Ralph Guldahl and Ben Hogan (2,3) did not play.

;The following categories only apply to Americans

;2. U.S. Open champions (last 10 years) Tommy Bolt, Billy Casper (8,11), Jack Fleck (8,10), Ed Furgol, Gene Littler (8,9,11), Dick Mayer, Jack Nicklaus (8,9,10)

;3. The Open champions (last 10 years)

;4. PGA champions (last 10 years) Jerry Barber (8,11), Walter Burkemo, Dow Finsterwald (8,11), Chick Harbert, Jay Hebert (11), Lionel Hebert (8), Bob Rosburg (9)

;5. U.S. Amateur and Amateur champions (last 10 years) Charles Coe (6,8,a), Richard Davies (6,a), Labron Harris Jr. (6,7,a)

Deane Beman (6,9) and Harvie Ward did not play. Other champions forfeited their exemptions by turning professional.

;6. Selections for the 1963 U.S. Walker Cup team Robert W. Gardner (a), Downing Gray (7,a), Billy Joe Patton (7,a), R. H. Sikes (a), Charlie Smith (a), Ed Updegraff (a)

;7. 1962 U.S. Amateur quarter-finalists Homero Blancas (a), Charles Coody (a), Paul Desjardins (a), Jim Gabrielsen (a), Bill Newcomb (a)

;8. Top 24 players and ties from the 1962 Masters Tournament Julius Boros, Gay Brewer (9), Jacky Cupit, Gardner Dickinson, Paul Harney (10), Don January, Billy Maxwell (9), Johnny Pott, Mike Souchak (9,11), Ken Venturi

;9. Top 16 players and ties from the 1962 U.S. Open Bob Goalby (9), Tommy Jacobs, Bobby Nichols (10), Phil Rodgers, Doug Sanders

;10. Top eight players and ties from 1962 PGA Championship George Bayer, Dave Ragan

;11. Members of the U.S. 1961 Ryder Cup team Bill Collins

;12. Two players selected for meritorious records on the fall part of the 1962 PGA Tour Tony Lema, Jerry Pittman

;13. One player, either amateur or professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-Masters champions Bo Wininger

;14. One professional, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Open champions Wes Ellis

;15. One amateur, not already qualified, selected by a ballot of ex-U.S. Amateur champions Bill Hyndman (a)

;16. Two players, not already qualified, from a points list based on finishes in the winter part of the 1963 PGA Tour Mason Rudolph, Dan Sikes

;17. Foreign invitations Al Balding (8), David Blair (a), Antonio Cerdá, Bob Charles, Chen Ching-Po, Bruce Crampton, Gerard de Wit, Juan Antonio Estrada (a), Jorge Ledesma (a), Stan Leonard, Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Koichi Ono, Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Miguel Sala, Alvie Thompson

Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified under had they been American.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 4, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Mike Souchak	69	−3
USA Bo Wininger
T3	USA Ed Furgol	70	−2
USA Jay Hebert
USA Sam Snead
T6	USA George Bayer	71	−1
ZAF Gary Player
T8	USA Charles Coe (a)	72	E
USA Billy Maxwell
T10	USA Downing Gray (a)	73	+1
USA Don January
USA Dick Mayer
USA Doug Sanders

Source:

Second round

Friday, April 5, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Mike Souchak	69-70=139	−5
T2	USA Jay Hebert	70-70=140	−4
USA Jack Nicklaus	74-66=140
T4	USA Ed Furgol	70-71=141	−3
USA Bo Wininger	69-72=141
T6	USA Tony Lema	74-69=143	−1
USA Dick Mayer	73-70=143
USA Sam Snead	70-73=143
T9	USA Julius Boros	76-69=145	+1
ZAF Gary Player	71-74=145

Source:

Third round

Saturday, April 6, 1963

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	74-66-74=214	−2
2	USA Ed Furgol	70-71-74=215	−1
3	USA Julius Boros	76-69-71=216	E
T4	USA Tony Lema	74-69-74=217	+1
USA Sam Snead	70-73-74=217
T6	TWN Chen Ching-Po	76-71-71=218	+2
USA Mike Souchak	69-70-79=218
USA Bo Wininger	69-72-77=218
T9	CAN Stan Leonard	74-72-73=219	+3
ZAF Gary Player	71-74-74=219
USA Mason Rudolph	75-72-72=219

Source:

Final round

Sunday, April 7, 1963

Final leaderboard

(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	USA Jack Nicklaus	74-66-74-72=286	−2	20,000
2	USA Tony Lema	74-69-74-70=287	−1	12,000
T3	USA Julius Boros	76-69-71-72=288	E	7,000
USA Sam Snead (c)	70-73-74-71=288
T5	USA Dow Finsterwald	74-73-73-69=289	+1	4,000
USA Ed Furgol	70-71-74-74=289
ZAF Gary Player (c)	71-74-74-70=289
8	USA Bo Wininger	69-72-77-72=290	+2	2,400
T9	USA Don January	73-75-72-71=291	+3	1,800
USA Arnold Palmer (c)	74-73-73-71=291

Leaderboard below the top 10	Place	Player	Score	To par
T11	USA Billy Casper	79-72-71-70=292	+4	1,350
AUS Bruce Crampton	74-74-72-72=292
USA Doug Ford (c)	75-73-75-69=292
USA Mike Souchak	69-70-79-74=292
T15	NZL Bob Charles	74-72-76-71=293	+5	1,100
TPE Chen Ching-Po	76-71-71-75=293
USA Billy Maxwell	72-75-76-70=293
USA Dick Mayer	73-70-80-70=293
USA Mason Rudolph	75-72-72-74=293
USA Dan Sikes	74-76-72-71=293
T21	CAN Stan Leonard	74-72-73-75=294	+6	1,000
USA Johnny Pott	75-76-74-69=294
USA Art Wall Jr. (c)	75-74-73-72=294
T24	USA Wes Ellis	74-72-79-70=295	+7	1,000
USA Gene Littler	77-72-78-68=295
USA Bobby Nichols	76-74-73-72=295
27	USA Jay Hebert	70-70-81-75=296	+8	750
T28	USA George Bayer	71-75-84-67=297	+9	750
USA Tommy Jacobs	78-74-73-72=297
USA Doug Sanders	73-74-77-73=297
CAN Alvie Thompson	79-72-75-71=297
T32	USA Labron Harris Jr. (a)	79-71-73-75=298	+10	0
USA Dave Ragan	74-75-76-73=298	750
34	USA Ken Venturi	77-74-77-71=299	+11	750
T35	USA Bill Hyndman (a)	74-72-80-74=300	+12	0
AUS Kel Nagle	75-74-76-75=300	750
T37	USA Tommy Bolt	75-76-76-74=301	+13	750
USA Charles Coe (a)	72-75-79-75=301	0
T39	USA Homero Blancas (a)	75-77-76-74=302	+14
ARG Antonio Cerdá	75-71-78-78=302	750
USA Lionel Hebert	75-74-77-76=302
42	USA Jack Fleck	74-77-77-75=303	+15	750
T43	USA Walter Burkemo	75-77-78-74=304	+16	750
USA Jimmy Demaret (c)	75-75-81-73=304
45	USA Herman Keiser (c)	75-77-79-74=305	+17	750
T46	USA Downing Gray (a)	73-76-81-76=306	+18	0
USA R. H. Sikes (a)	76-76-77-77=306
48	USA Billy Joe Patton (a)	80-72-74-81=307	+19
49	USA Gene Sarazen (c)	74-73-81-80=308	+20	750
CUT	USA Jerry Barber	80-73=153	+9
JPN Koichi Ono	82-71=153
USA Phil Rodgers	77-76=153
USA Bob Rosburg	77-76=153
COL Miguel Sala	75-78=153
CAN Al Balding	82-72=154	+10
USA Gay Brewer	82-72=154
USA Jack Burke Jr. (c)	78-76=154
USA Gardner Dickinson	78-76=154
USA Chick Harbert	75-79=154
USA Jim Gabrielsen (a)	80-75=155	+11
ARG Jorge Ledesma (a)	76-79=155
PRI Chi-Chi Rodríguez	80-75=155
USA Bob Goalby	80-76=156	+12
USA Byron Nelson (c)	79-77=156
USA Charlie Smith (a)	80-76=156
ESP Ángel Miguel	78-79=157	+13
USA Jerry Pittman	78-79=157
USA Ed Updegraff (a)	82-75=157
USA Paul Desjardins (a)	77-81=158	+14
MEX Juan Antonio Estrada (a)	81-77=158
USA Bill Newcomb (a)	81-77=158
USA Bill Collins	82-77=159	+15
USA Robert W. Gardner (a)	78-82=160	+16
SCO David Blair (a)	83-79=162	+18
USA Richard Davies (a)	79-84=163	+19
NLD Gerard de Wit	87-76=163
USA Charles Coody (a)	80-84=164	+20
USA Cary Middlecoff (c)	87-81=168	+24
USA Horton Smith (c)	91-86=177	+33
WD	USA Paul Harney	75-77-78=230	+14
USA Jacky Cupit	82	+10
USA Claude Harmon (c)	82
USA Henry Picard (c)
USA Craig Wood (c)

Sources:

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
USA Nicklaus	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2
USA Lema	+2	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	−1
USA Boros	+1	E	E	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
USA Snead	+1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2	−1	−1	E
USA Finsterwald	+3	+2	+3	+3	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Furgol	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1
ZAF Player	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	E	+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey	Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

References

(April 6, 1963). "Souchak takes sole Masters lead". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
(April 8, 1963). "Nicklaus captures Masters golf crown". Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 8, 1963). "Nicklaus wins Masters title with 286". Chicago Tribune.
Wright, Alfred. (April 15, 1963). "Young Jack the Mighty Master".
(October 15, 1963). "Horton Smith, winner of first Masters, dies". Reading Eagle.
(October 15, 1963). "Golf champ Smith dies at age 55". Toledo Blade.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 5, 1963). "Wininger, Souchak lead in Masters". Chicago Tribune.
(April 5, 1963). "Masters golf tournament scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(April 6, 1963). "Masters scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (April 6, 1963). "Nicklaus gets 66; trails Souchak by 1". Chicago Tribune.
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